Sam Parker
Overview:
Theresa Parker from
On February 4, 2008 Sam Parker was arrested and charged with murder
in connection with Theresa’s death. As of that time she had not been found.
Analysis:
It is clear from Sam Parker's speech reversals that he has been deceptive with law enforcement, and has had a direct connection in the disappearance of Theresa Parker. He has revealed motive and how he intended to kill her. Although he has revealed she is in a shallow grave, it is still unclear her exact whereabouts, and if someone else may be an accomplice.
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My Fox
[Reporter: “How are you handling all this?]
Minute by minute, not day by day...
I
never knew that a person could be just instantly...[accused of something]
[They were ready to lynch me in this town]…and
that, that's just beyond me I mean it is
I am lying (gibberish) done it (Is he saying he killed her?)
[Reporter: You feel like
their ready to lynch you?]
Yeah, the sheriff told me that I couldn't come home
I am one person that I hid. (This is congruent with the
next statement in the interview, not listed here. He said he was told to hide in the local hospital under an assumed name, and says
he did.)
I have never in my life ever thought you know that...[things would go so one sided.]
[Reporter:
It all happened so quickly, they served several search warrants here.]
They searched this place five times.
Sheriff distressed him.
(Reversals are known to occur in the third person.)
But uh yah they served five search warrants.
Sheriff's smart. Felt sure I
had him.
Then all this other stuff.
She doesn't want him. (Reversals are known to occur in the third person.)
I can have
contact with two people.
You get knocked by the cops here.
[They absolutely take away all your income]…everything that you've
got, you know.
I've got movie gallery, you know Sam's wholesale card they've got...
I
can't move off this house unless it's just...[you know, to where I go.]
Search the cellar. So I have sinned.
(Cellar is metaphor - like
a "cell" repression that has become a prison; trapped in our own thoughts, by our own emotions, but easier to get out of. Of course
if there is a cellar in their house it would obviously be worth checking)
[I have never in my life seen the] …other side of what
I did.
I am sorry to say that I pinned a badge on my chest. (He has been suspended from the police force. Explosives
found in his work locker.)
Beneath that I guess if you’re smart.
Our marriage and our relations were...
She's in shallow grave.
(Indicating he killed her?)
...talked about. I guess.
…and when she went to work…[oh, me and Sam
had a fight, you know.]
[Reporter: That’s coming back to haunt you now.] (Talking about their relationship
with co-workers)
Yes, very much so, and they jumped on it.
[Reporter: You guys are going through
a divorce?]
Yes we had it all finalized
Well that's why I'm upset. (Upset about the divorce)
Yah. It was all a done deal
Paid for and everything I mean this...
[Like I said, I think I know where (she is)]…I'll
just let it go at that.
There's no guilt in that. (Appears to be referencing the previous reversal)
[Reporter: After two months
a lot of people are starting to worry that she may be dead]
I'm not even going to go there. I'm not even going to even think that.
No.
I have got movie. There is no other movie on. ("movie" is metaphor, non attachment to event. Perhaps he sees her death in his mind
and that’s all he sees, but he has detached himself from it)
There's certain things that are put up…
I loved her, then see nothing
goes through. (He has made sure the divorce won’t go through?)
…that put her in certain places and certain times and all this
stuff and everything like that and I'm not just going to go there.
I'm offering facts, the one is Matt (Mark) Grissim (Grisham). (Is
this an accomplice?)
[I wish she had taken care of a few things] …she should have before she left.
UCTV-3
Night Talk with Judy O'Neal 12-10-07
I was told I was a person of interest but uh... (Asked why he thinks he’s a person of interest.)
I've
upset the new sheriff, but I've lost a lot.
I want to start by saying; I'm not going to say anything that is going to compromise
their investigation.
Anything but yes or no, I'm not going to answer.
...and I'm going to dispel some rumors that you know you
said that people had...
They help you with the scene. (Does he think the rumors are helping him?)
Like I said I'm not going to
do anything to compromise their work. Because those men work hard, they work, very, very hard and...
I met girl. (gibberish) the
girl (gibberish) was out in the park that afternoon. ( He could be thinking of a conversation he had with someone else. Also telling
them he didn’t want to compromise the investigation.)
I had to go under a microscope...
Works with Albert Norton. Who is there. (Possibly
referencing the girl in the previous reversal.)
You know it like I said to just dispel some rumors that uh people have and uh....
I was married 13 years and we lived together prior to that 3 years so...
They believe we injuring his girl. (Reverse
speech occurs in the third person.)
Yeah, that's a very stressful job.
Marital search, Sheriff's done it.
...and that's what
I did. I moved back in with my dad...
I moved out. (gibberish) That upset her.
Yeah. We were in total agreement on everything...
I
nearly lost it. Blew me away.
... and it come down to my, when my father died...
Died right off, almost. (His father.)
...
or he was becoming very ill, and we know that death, you know going to happen.
I was upset, but they knew I'm going to wait. (Wait
to sign the divorce papers.)
...which the battery was charging on the back porch and stuff like that... (His alibi for being
at Theresa’s house.)
I've had to choke. Had me in the lawsuit. (The reason he was there, was to kill her. He apparently may have done
this by choking her. I assume he is referencing the divorce as a lawsuit.)
I didn't check to see if she was sleeping in
the bedroom...
Her space, freshened it up. (It would appear that he cleaned up her house after he likely killed her.)
The
last time that I saw her, she was taking a load up to her apartment up there. (Asked when he last saw Theresa.)
Blood on head. Surely show us homicide on that. (Thinking of the last time he truly saw her.)
Update: Ben Chaffin testified Sam Parker told him he had shot
Theresa in the head.
When she left out that evening
Yeah, the one that she had taken on a trip.
(Asked about a travel bag that is supposed to be missing.)
At first no one would get this. Then I relate. (He may not have told a story
of the missing bag at first.)
Not taking my own life no. Because I told the investigator at GBI, I told him, I said you know,
he asked me if they still had to worry about that and I said no. (He had previously threatened to commit suicide. He is asked if he
would consider suicide again.)
Some of us die. The reason we accept it. (While talking about the day of the suicide attempt there were
no speech reversals. I would expect the subject of suicide to be highly emotional, and possibly a place where speech reversals might
be found. Could the suicide attempt have been a ruse for being despondent, and therefore his mental instability would disqualify him
from taking a polygraph test?)
...and watch them follow some leads that you know I knew that was probably bad information that
they'd received.
...but uh they said he had lied during the investigation. (Talking about Ben
Chaffin.)
Now that he is in the shit. Messed up.
Ben knew how to set the computer up, and establish MSN account and
all that stuff.
I really wanted to sign in, her name.
...but uh, Ben knew all the you know...
but
uh he he uh.
We were both there, at the computer, at the house... (He and Ben Chaffin)
Update: Testimony in court indicated Sam Parker was jealous of Theresa, and had accused his wife of having affairs with several men who worked at the 911 center. The defense tried to imply that Theresa had several affairs with co-workers, but all the witnesses denied she was that kind of woman. This reversal appears to indicate he was convinced once again she was having an affair. Ben Chaffin said he got a call from Parker in March of 2007 asking him to check Theresa's computer to see who she had been talking to. The day Theresa disappeared Sam Parker called Ms. Brown who was Theresa’s friend and fellow co-worker. He was asking her for help in trying to reach a certain phone number that he had found.
...and I was present, and I showed them where I paid for it at Sam's Wholesale Club
They are powerful
with shotgun. (“gun” is a metaphor in reverse speech: to persuade with great force.)
I could do more by answering questions
there at the house. Than I could, you know physically getting out and tromping through the woods. (Asked why he didn’t participate
in searches.)
Know they're still watching it quietly.
No. I was told, and I reported it, but evidently, you know they just
shrugged it off.
I negotiate the aligning. (He tried to tell his story so it would make sense.)
You still
got a cloud hanging over you and it's not gone yet, you know, you still got a shadow cast on you and so... (He is presenting a reason
why he may not be employable.)
I'm not saying that I should have lost you, honey. And I'm actually running out. ("Run" is a metaphor
in reverse speech: to be using a behavior pattern. I'm not sure how it applies here. In this reversal, he appears to be
thinking out loud about Theresa. It almost seems as though the forward and backward sentences go together.)
